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< Is this okay >
“This can’t be happening···.”
It’s been three days since I entered the dungeon.
I was suspecting that something was wrong.
because···.
“Team Leader. There’s a monster ahead!”
I got out of the vehicle after hearing the camera crew’s report.
Cheon Inam brought out a drone controller with a display and showed it to me.
“The drone we sent out for reconnaissance broke down. The camera still works, though…”
The shape of the monster appeared on the display screen attached to the controller.
A rat with two glowing red eyes was gnawing at the camera with its teeth.
Red-eyed poison rat.
Their fighting power is nothing special, but they have sharp teeth and claws and a powerful paralyzing poison. They are also as big as a cat, making them quite creepy.
The weak point is the tail.
Red-eyed poison rats are those that lose their sense of direction when their tails are cut off and spin around in place as if they are drunk.
Then the screen crackled and turned black.
“I think the camera is broken.”
I handed the controller back to Cheon Inam and walked towards my innocent friends who were following behind me.
Since there was no more room to sit in the car, our innocent friends followed us on foot.
Since vehicles move slowly inside the dungeon, there was no problem following along on foot.
Because I have so much time to spare,
“Sarah, whoever wins first place! I’ll give you a snack!”
It was enough to play tag with a bored kid.
“Throw it!”
WHEEK!
When the little boy threw the ball, his innocent friends rushed to get it.
After a while, it was surprisingly the fat team leader who returned with the ball in first place.
That guy is secretly fast.
“Good job! Cha-cae-cha-cae!”
The little boy gave the fat team leader a snack and patted his head as he ate it.
“Oh my. I’m not even a dog···.”
All of this was captured by a single camera.
Later, when those guys come to their senses, I’m thinking of sending them home one by one a preview video.
Well, we’ll decide later after seeing what they do.
“Hey guys!”
slap!
My innocent friends’ heads turned towards me at the same time.
I said, pointing with my finger in the direction where the monster was coming from.
“It’s time to earn your keep.”
Nod nod.
The innocent friends nodded and stepped forward.
A moment later, a swarm of dozens of red-eyed poison rats appeared before us.
I put the whistle in my mouth.
Beep-!
At the sound of the whistle, the innocent friends all ran out.
The red-eyed poison rat pack was quickly cleared out.
It wasn’t a particularly strong monster to begin with, and there were 13 superhumans on this side.
Me, the little one, Wang Guho.
Five superhumans from the Red Shark Guild.
Five superhumans from the Warriors Guild.
I haven’t met my Black Hound friends yet, but so far, they’re more than enough.
I walked leisurely between my friends who were fighting hard, and cut off the tails of the red poisonous rats I occasionally saw.
Since I quickly ran out of things to do, I returned to the car alone and leaned back on the seat.
And then the worries began again.
“As expected, it’s strange···. It’s strange.”
Cheon Seol-ah asked cautiously, as my expression seemed quite serious.
“What are you worried about? You look unwell since this morning…”
“It’s too easy.”
“yes?”
To Cheon Seol-ah, who didn’t understand, I told her my concerns in detail.
“I thought it would be a bit harder. There would be a ton of monsters, casualties, bloody battles, and vows to avenge my comrades who lost their lives unjustly…”
Cheon Seol-ah laughed as if it was ridiculous.
“Team Leader. What kind of fantasy novels do you write? They don’t write like that these days.”
“Well, I didn’t want that to happen, so I prepared this and that···.”
After thinking about it carefully, I think I may have prepared too much.
I also know the types and weaknesses of the monsters that appear in the dungeon.
The route isn’t perfect, but I know most of it, so I won’t get lost.
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Above all, he knew how to turn the ‘corrupted superhumans’ who made the Labyrinth of the Fallen Souls notorious into ‘innocent friends’.
There was no reason for it to be difficult, except for a few tricky monsters that appeared later.
No, that’s true, but…
Still, it’s said to be one of the worst dungeons.
I looked up at the ceiling and muttered.
“Is this okay···.”
Cheon Seol-ah said with a sly smile.
“Team Leader, is this your first time in a dungeon? You’re just so nervous. I’ve been in dungeons a few times before, but they’re not as dangerous as you might think.”
“···Oh, really?”
Cheon Seol-ah nodded as if trying to reassure me.
“Of course. And from what I’ve seen, this is one of the easier dungeons. Trust me, I’m speaking from experience!”
“Ah, yes. Experienced person···.”
Let’s just say I’m glad you feel that way.
In this way, the strategy for ‘Labyrinth of Fallen Souls’ has become like a picnic.
As you move forward, blow the whistle when you see a monster.
Beep!
First, we put Wang Guho in places that were suspected to be traps.
“Wang Gu-ho. Come in.”
“yes···.”
Wang Gu-ho, who had hesitated at first, entered the trap obediently after realizing that it was useless.
A moment later, the ceiling collapsed and a pile of rubble crushed Wang Guho.
Kwakwakwakwang!
A sorrowful scream was heard from within.
“Ugh···Ah···Ah-!!”
Again, I had no intention of harassing Wang Guho.
It was just training his personality, which became stronger the more he was hit.
Thanks to my consideration, Wang Gu-ho was able to strengthen his personality for three days while being baptized in fire pits, falling rocks, and various types of iron skewers.
And for three days the little boy,
Beep!
“Sit down!”
Beep!
“Get up!”
Beep!
“wait!”
I was having fun playing with my innocent friends using the whistle I gave them.
Although it feels like dog training, I believe that it’s okay as long as both of us have fun.
As such, the dungeon crawl went smoothly.
…until that evening.
That evening.
I was sitting on a folding chair, eating a baked egg, when the foremen came over with troubled looks on their faces.
“I, Team Leader···.”
It was Cheon Il-nam who brought up the subject.
“What’s going on?”
When I looked at him with a puzzled expression, he nodded seriously.
“···I think there’s a bit of a problem.”
My expression also became serious.
Well then, that’s right.
It was absurd that I entered one of the worst dungeons and nothing happened.
I reflected on how arrogant I had become over the past few days, straightened my posture, and asked seriously.
“What’s going on?”
Is it a machine failure or a virus?
Someone on your team may have acted impulsively or gone missing without anyone noticing.
I made up my mind.
“There is a food shortage.”
“······.”
I asked, quietly placing the fried egg I was holding in my hand down on the table.
“How much is not enough?”
“I expected the round trip to the dungeon to take five days, so I brought enough food for ten days… I’m almost out already.”
Cheon Il Nam looked at his innocent friends playing with Lily.
“Because we have to feed all the superhumans over there, and the injured people in the car too.”
On both sides, Cheon In-nam and Cheon Seol-ah also nodded seriously.
Although I was a little embarrassed by the eggs, I took their words seriously.
One of the most serious problems that can arise when entering a dungeon is actually food.
That’s why we always prepare plenty, but when there was an unexpected increase in the number of people, we ran out of food.
When rescuing the superhumans of the two guilds, it would have been good to also take the food they had.
Their vehicles were all destroyed, and most of their food had been trampled or desecrated by the monsters.
The leaders seemed to have thought of their own solution to the problem.
“So, going forward, I plan to cut the rations in half for everyone except for superhumans going into battle.”
I dismissed that opinion.
“That won’t do. We’re just trying to eat and live.”
“But there is another way···.”
I said, getting up from my seat.
“You can just procure it locally.”
In the 20 years I’ve been going through dungeons, I’ve encountered this problem more than once.
Of course, I also figured out in advance which monsters I could and could not eat in this dungeon.
“Do you have cooking utensils?”
Cheon Seol-ah nodded to my question.
“Yes. You can make whatever you need.”
“Okay then.”
I grabbed a large bag and looked around at the worried-looking leaders.
“I’ll be back shortly.”
And less than 30 minutes later, I came back with a bag full of groceries.
If you are the leader of a group, you should take the lead in times like this.
I crossed my arms.
I was thinking of cooking for my hungry team members.
“Please bring me some pots and cooking utensils.”
After a while, the equipment team arrived carrying a large cauldron.
“Huh? Why do you guys look like that?”
I don’t know why, but the little boy and Wang Gu-ho have been looking at me with anxious faces since a while ago.
“That, that···.”
“Team Leader···. No way···.”
“This? Should I show you?”
I opened the bag and showed the ingredients inside.
They were already neatly trimmed.
Red-eyed poison rat with its head and intestines removed.
A bomb spider with its bomb sac removed.
Yellow-footed king trout, full of nutrients.
Landlord’s Dungeon Nutrition Recipe
At that moment, the little boy hung on to my waist, and Wang Guho hugged me from behind.
“Blindfold-! Don’t do it!”
“Tea, Team Leader, please…! Why did you come all the way here and do this…!”
“Throw it away! The blindfold! Throw it away! Run away-!”
“Hey, everyone! Put that pot away quickly!”
The guys tried to get me as far away from the pot as possible.
I was so moved by the two guys’ violent reactions that I shouted.
“These are the best things I’ve ever made! Hey! Am I making poison? These are all good for your health! You’ll end up not being able to eat them later!”
However, due to the fierce opposition of the leaders who checked the contents, I ended up only feeding the food I made to my innocent friends.
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The next day.
We encountered the Black Hound Guild.
“Ugh···.”
“Ugh···.”
About 20 people with bulging black veins on their faces and emitting a black aura.
And above their heads, a little devil was flying.
Kehihihihi!
The devil was small, maybe 50 centimeters tall.
A slender, two-headed body with skin as red as blood.
There was a small oval mirror embedded in his forehead.
Kehihihihi!
The devil laughed as he flew like a hummingbird over the heads of the Black Hound Guild members. The black energy that extended from the mirror embedded in the guy’s forehead connected him to the people like a thread.
The bastard’s name is
Among the monsters that inhabit the Labyrinth of Fallen Souls, this one was one of the most difficult to deal with.
To put it simply, a mid-boss level.
The moment I spotted him, I stepped forward with a pounding heart.
“Prepare for battle!”
Finally, an opponent that could be called a crisis has appeared for us.
< Is this okay > End
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